Lot 265. An archaistic pale celadon jade baluster vase and cover, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Height 9 in., 22.9 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 150,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

supported on a short stem-foot encircled by a raised fillet, the body rising conically before sweeping in at the shoulder to a cylindrical neck and galleried rim, stylized 'cicada' pendants carved in low relief extending from the shoulder down the body, the neck, shoulder, and lower body each set with four beast-mask handles carved in high relief and suspending loose rings, the petal-fluted domed cover surmounted by a floriform knop, the pale green stone evenly suffused with icy white inclusions, wood stand (3).

Provenance: The House of Jade, Ltd., New York. 
Collection of Helen M. deKay.
Sotheby's New York, 8th December 1966, lot 43. 

Literature: Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 212.